by admin | Apr 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
Used in floor and wall tile as an absorbent, in sanitation, mud drilling, foundry sand bond, iron pelletizing, brick, lightweight aggregate, and cement. It is produced in 40 states. Ball clay is used in floor and wall tiles. Bentonite is used for drilling mud, pet...
by admin | Apr 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
A heavy metal contained in barite. Used as a heavy additive in oil well drilling; in the paper and rubber industries; as a filler orextender in cloth, ink, and plastics products; in radiography (“barium milkshake”); as a deoxidizer for copper; a sparkplug in alloys;...
by admin | Apr 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
The U.S. consumes about 6 percent of world chromite ore production in various forms of imported materials, such as chromite ore, chromite chemicals, chromium ferroalloys, chromium metal and stainless steel. Used as an alloy and in stainless and heat resisting steel...
by admin | Apr 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
A native element; antimony metal is extracted from stibnite ore and other minerals. Used as a hardening alloy for lead, especially storage batteries and cable sheaths; also used in bearing metal, type metal, solder, collapsible tubes and foil, sheetand pipes, and...
by admin | Apr 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
Used in the nuclear industry and to make light, very strong alloys used in the aircraft industry. Beryllium salts are used in fluorescent lamps, in X-ray tubes, and as a deoxidizer in bronze metallurgy. Beryl is the gemstones emerald and aquamarine. It is used in...
